Moderate earthquake, 5.1 mag was detected near Champerico in Guatemala

A moderate earthquake with magnitude 5.1 (ml/mb) was reported 58 kilometers (36 miles) from Champerico in Guatemala on Wednesday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 14/06/17 / 2017-06-14 21:14:53 / June 14, 2017 @ 9:14 pm. Unique identifier: us20009mim. Ids that are associated to the event: us20009mim. The temblor was detected at 15:14:53 / 3:14 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location, longitude -92.3376° West, latitude 13.9713° North, depth = 10 km.

Close country/countries, Guatemala (c. 13 550 000 pop), Mexico (c. 112 469 000 pop) (That might be effected). Earthquake epicenter was 104 km (65 miles) from Tapachula (c. 198 000 pop), 96 km (59 miles) from Coatepeque (c. 45 700 pop), 95 km (59 miles) from Retalhuleu (c. 36 700 pop), 98 km (61 miles) from Nuevo San Carlos (c. 19 200 pop), 105 km (65 miles) from Colomba (c. 19 100 pop), 99 km (62 miles) from San Sebastián (c. 14 800 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from Brisas Barra de Suchiate (c. 13 700 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Colomba, San Andrés Villa Seca, El Quetzal.

Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. Every year there are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been seven, in the last 10 days fifteen, in the past 30 days eighteen and in the last 365 days fourty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	5.1 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-92.3376° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	13.9713° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	10 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	58km SW of Champerico, Guatemala	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2017-06-14 21:14:53	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2017-06-14 21:44:09	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset	-360	Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt	1	The total number of felt reports
CDI	1	The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI		The maximum estimated instrumental intensity for the event.
Alert Level		The alert level from the PAGER earthquake impact scale. Green, Yellow, Orange or Red.
Review Status	reviewed	Indicates whether the event has been reviewed by a human.
Tsunami	0	This flag is set to "1" for large events in oceanic regions and "0" otherwise. The existence or value of this flag does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist.
SIG	400	A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.
Network	us	The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources	,us,	A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used		The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	0.831	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	1.31 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	130	The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type	mb	The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type	earthquake	Type of seismic event.
Event ID	us20009mim	Id of event.
Event Code	20009mim	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us20009mim,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

Parameter

Value

Description

Magnitude

5.1 mb

The magnitude for the event.

Longitude

-92.3376° West

Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.

Latitude

13.9713° North

Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.

Depth

10 km

Depth of the event in kilometers.

Place

58km SW of Champerico, Guatemala

Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.

Time

2017-06-14 21:14:53

Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT

Updated

2017-06-14 21:44:09

Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT

Timezone offset

-360

Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.

Felt

The total number of felt reports

CDI

The maximum reported intensity for the event.

MMI

The maximum estimated instrumental intensity for the event.

Alert Level

The alert level from the PAGER earthquake impact scale. Green, Yellow, Orange or Red.

Review Status

reviewed

Indicates whether the event has been reviewed by a human.

Tsunami

This flag is set to "1" for large events in oceanic regions and "0" otherwise. The existence or value of this flag does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist.

SIG

400

A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.

Network

The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.

Sources

,us,

A comma-separated list of network contributors.

Number of Stations Used

The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.

Horizontal Distance

0.831

Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).

Root Mean Square

1.31 sec

The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.

Azimuthal Gap

130

The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).

Magnitude Type

The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.

Event Type

earthquake

Type of seismic event.

Event ID

us20009mim

Id of event.

Event Code

20009mim

An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.

Event IDS

,us20009mim,

A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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